Mathews steps down as Sri Lanka captain

Ajantha Mendis announces retirement

Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner from Sri Lanka who bamboozled the world with his ?carrom ball? and various other variations for a few years, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, according to BBC Sinhala. He is 34. He last played for Sri Lanka in 2015. Mendis is best remembered for his 6/13 in the Asia Cup Final in 2008. He then made his Test debut against India, devastating India by taking 28 wickets over three matches. ?I have just seen the future of spin bowling ? and h

28 Aug, 2019

Malinga sets T20I record with 99 wickets

Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga Sunday became the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals with his 99th scalp in the first match against New Zealand, surpassing Pakistan?s Shahid Afridi. Malinga, who retired from Test cricket in 2011 and played his farewell one-day international in July, bowled Colin Munro in the first over of the New Zealand chase to equal Afridi’s record of 98 wickets. The 36-year-old then cleaned up Colin de Grandhomme, for 44, to achieve the feat in his 74th T20 m

01 Sep, 2019

Black Caps talk up batting progress for Sri Lanka T20 series

Black Caps batting coach Peter Fulton is delighted to see his struggling openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill finding form and believes veteran Ross Taylor can be a successful finisher in the Tweny20 series against Sri Lanka. All three starred in?New Zealand’s T20 warmup win over a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI?at Katunayake on Thursday. Munro and Guptill, so disappointing at the Cricket World Cup, struck 48 and 22 respectively to set up the New Zealand innings. Taylor came in at No 5 and

30 Aug, 2019